How Reform Won’t Happen

26Aug06

Kifaya’s most recent close-but-no-cookie oneupmanship campaign (see my comments at the Arabist post) reminded me of something i had written not long after May 25. Here it is, slightly amended:
We has just finished off our ta`meyya and batates sandwiches and were waiting for our shishas (we were biding time not too far from the press [...]

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A Rant on Protests

01Jun06

It should be noted that this was written in the first week of May and so may seem a little outdated. As an opening entry. This isnt the greatest opening entry, but here we go…
In light of the recent events, it seems people have become a lot more forthcoming with their criticism of protests. I [...]

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